Europe's Inferno: A Symptom of a Bigger Problem The images emerging from Europe are apocalyptic: entire villages reduced to ashes, firefighters battling raging infernos in temperatures that would have been unimaginable just a few decades ago.
Almost 500 people have been arrested on suspicion of starting wildfires in France alone since the start of summer, according to the latest statistics.
Climate breakdown and extreme weather events are closely linked, as scientists have long established. Europe is heating at twice the global average rate, leading to an unsustainable increase in wildfires.